SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN

DEVASTATES THE PHILLIPINES

NOVEMBER 8-10,2013
OJASWI POUDYAL
TYPHOON HAIYAN
 Super Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Super Typhoon Yolanda,
made landfall in the Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, as a Category 5
storm. It laid waste to the country’s central region and is home to
17 million people. With wind speeds sustained at more than 150
mph, Haiyan was classified as a super typhoon.
WHEN AND WHERE DID IT OCCUR?

 Haiyan occurred on November 3, 2013, through to November 11,

2013, in mostly Leyte Island and Samar Island, Philippines, but it
also occurred in isolated islands that are hard to reach by
emergency services and responses. It became a tropical storm and
attained its name Haiyan on November 4, 2013. It started to
rapidly intensify on November 5, 2013, and continued too until it
stopped on November 11, 2013. On November 6, 2013, Joint
Typhoon Warning Centre assessed the typhoon and ranked it a
Category 5- equivalent super typhoon.
  EXTENT OF THE DISASTER 
 The extent of the hazard reached as far as Micronesia, the
Philippines, Southern China, and Vietnam. On November 8, the
eye of the cyclone made its first landfall in Guiuan, Eastern
Samar, Philippines. 
IMPACTS OF TYPHOON HAIYAN
 6352 people dead and 11.3 million people were affected.
 600,000+ people were homeless.
 80,047 houses were completely destroyed.
 1,790 evacuation centers were set up.
 Widespread flooding and power outages.
 Communications and power supplies are disrupted, bus and ferry services
are suspended, flights are canceled and schools were closed.
LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
RESPONSE
 $500 million in emergency loans and $23 million in grants.
 AUSTRALIA: $9.3 million package, including medical staff,
shelter materials, water containers, and hygiene kits.
 EUROPEAN COMMISSION: $11 million.
 UAE: $10 million in humanitarian aid.
 US: $20 million in humanitarian aid, 90 marines, aircraft carrier,
and logistics support. 
 UK: $16 million (£10 million) package including emergency
shelter, water, and household items.
 Countries like Japan, South Korea and Indonesia also provided
humanitarian aid.
THANKYOU !!